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Velocipedomania : a cultural history of the velocipede in France /

"When blacksmith Pierre Michaux affixed pedals to the front axle of a two-wheeled scooter with a seat, he helped kick off a craze known as velocipedomania, which swept France in the late 1860s. The immediate forerunner of the bicycle, the velocipede similarly reflected changing cultural attitud...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cropper, Corry (Author), Whidden, Seth, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Velocipedes > France > History > 19th century.
Velocipedes > History > Sources.
Popular culture > France > History > 19th century.
Cycling > France > History > 19th century.
Cycling.
Popular culture.
Velocipedes.
France.
1800-1899
History.
Sources.
Table of Contents:
  • Velocipedomania
  • The utilitarian velocipede : note on Monsieur Michaux's velocipede
  • The velocipede on stage : Dagobert and his velocipede
  • Narrating velocipedomania : manual of the velocipede
  • Velocipedomania in verse
  • Conclusion : "We thought the velocipede was dead"